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Rallied sunday in california to demand hands on training and access to better protective equipment. This after a union survey of nearly 2,000 nurses. 76 said their hospital has not told them the policy on the potential admission of patients infected with ebola. 37 reported insufficient eye protection, and 36 said they lack impermeable gowns. We need the right equipment, hazmat gowns. The critical issue that the dallas case has pointed out is that the Training Needs to be more proactive in the part of the hospital as opposed to saying heres a sheet of paper, this is what you should do. A look on a website. This is what you do. Youve got to have drills. Reporter nurse fountain is speaking out on behalf of the union, 185,000 members strong. We need to know that whatever were doing in dealing with patients who potentially have this disease, its enough for us. And adequate enough for us to protect ourselves and patients. Reporter coming up tonight on news4 at 6 00, hear what else these nurses would like to see on their jobs, and right away. Live in silver spring, kristin wright, news4. Our Team Coverage continues at 5 30. We take you to dullous he is, one of the five u. S. Airports where extra screening is beginning this week and find out what kind of travel insurance may not protect you if you have to cancel a trip because of concerns about ebola. Now to charges against a virginia man, made even more disturbing by the fact that he lives in a home that functions as a daycare facility. Tonight, that man is facing child pornography charges. News4s pat collins live at Police Headquarters in manassas. Pat . Reporter jim, police say the victim is 16 years old. She lives in upstate new york. The suspect, 29 years old, lives in gainesville, virginia. Police say they met in a chat room and had a Long Distance internet relationship. Police say he got her to perform for him. Now he is charged with the production of child important great. Child pornography. He lives in this house in gainesville with his mother. His mother runs a Daycare Center at the house. Now police say the victim is a 16yearold girl who lives in upstate new york. Its about 560 miles from plattsburgh, new york, to gainesville, virginia. About a ninehour drive. But on the computer, a matter of seconds. Police say that bonowitz encouraged that 16yearold girl to skype pictures of sexual performances from her home in new york to his home here in gainesville. Prince William County police raided the home last week and then made the arrest. When you searched the place where he lived, what did the police find . We found multiple Electronic Devices that contained evidence of the victim, and in states she should not be in. Explicit pictures. Right. Police say there is no evidence that any of the children in the Daycare Center were harmed or victimized by Justin Patrick bonowitz. At the home daycare today, a man met us at the door and said he had no comment. A woman inside on the stairs had this to say. I have the daycare kids here and all their parents are aware of whats going on. They love us. They love us. They love this home. They love that ive been in business 32 years. Reporter did you have any idea this was going on . Absolutely what is going on . I dont even know the charges. Reporter coming up at 6 00, reaction from a parent who has a child at that Daycare Center. Live in prince William County. Pat collins. News4. Now local police are waiting for the extradition of a man accused of knowingly having sex with a woman and not telling her hes hiv positive. His name is daniel cleaves. Hes from the richmond area. Cleaves charges stem from an encounter with a woman he met in bethesda in july. Investigators tell us after the two had consensual sex, she found medical tests in his bag stating he was hiv positive. It is a very tough case for law enforcement, because whenever youre talking about medical issues, there is a lot of privacy issues involved with that. Court documents show at least three other women in virginia have accused cleaves of sexually assaulting them. But he has not been charged in any of those cases. He has an extradition hearing tomorrow. Police are trying to track down a man who shot and robbed a piza delivery driving along e street in northeast d. C. , a couple blocks from the intersection of maryland and bladensburg avenues. A man got into the drivers car, demanded cash. The two got into a fight. At some point, the man shot the driver in the back and ran off after taking the cash from the car. Some area drivers may not be getting the message about illegally passing a school bus. And theyre paying for it. Officials in Montgomery County released new numbers today. They say that since the county installed cameras on 25 of its buses in january, 733 tickets have been issued. Thats more than six times the number issued by the cameras in the three neighboring counties. This year. Since we have so many violations, since there are so many people passing these school buses, unlawfully, maybe we should expand the program. Maybe we should put more cameras out there. While the chief says he is more open to more school bus cameras, the Montgomery County council has another plan. News4s Mark Segraves will have more on that part of that story, coming up tonight on news4 at 6 00. Now to new developments tonight of a maryland gubernatorial race. The Washington Post has given its endorsement to the democratic candidate, anthony brown, over his republican rival, businessman larry hogan. The post calls brown the quote, more serious and substantial candidate. And a new poll by the Baltimore Sun shows the governors race getting tighter with just seven Percentage Points separating the two. It shows brown with49 of the vote, compared to hogans 42 . 9 remain undecided. The candidates met for their second televised debate today. Chris gordon is here with more on that. Todays debate was the first held in the washington area. The other in baltimore. Important because montgomery and prince georges counties are expected to pay play a big part in electing marylands next governor. Todays race was sponsored by news 8 and wtop radio. Lieutenant governor still on his website reporter the candidates clashed over marylands health exchange. It wasnt pretty. It was difficult work. The only thing we were a leader in is failure. Were the first we have wasted 288 million on a website that doesnt work. Reporter Education Funding is a hot button issue for voters. Youre calling for a 450 million cut in School Construction. Thats like actutulip grove in bowie, clarks middle school in Montgomery County. Everything you just said is not true. I am not planning to cut one penny in School Construction costs and multiple news reports just today and yesterday have criticized you for this ridiculous false charge. Reporter brown accuses hogan of attempting undermine marylands tough gun control law. Washington post expose shows in a private discussion with gun rights activists, you said to them that youre going to roll back the provisions of the firearms safety act, which is just devastating, it would be devastating for maryland. My opponent is running television commercials, acting as if im in favor of assault weapons in school yards and shopping carts and thats not the case. Reporter these Democratic State lawmakers who support brown attacked hogans statements on the gun law. He has said that he will roll it back. And he basically was not truthful. He lied. Reporter then i asked mr. Hogan directly. What do you say about making a deal, a secret deal with conservative gun owners. Its complete nonsense. No truth to that whatsoever. Reporter both candidates left feeling they gave voters a clear choice. Great debate. I think the voters of maryland are going to win on november 4. Thats what i think. Reporter the candidates for governor will meet in one more televised debate this weekend in baltimore. And the election is just 22 days away. Wendy, jim . Were staying on top of all of the big races for you in our region this election cycle. We have a section dedicated to our website with everything youll need to know for the upcoming mayors race. You can find it on our home page, nbcwashington. Com. Former virginia governor, bob mcdonnell, is facing the potential of decades in prison in connection with his corruption conviction. There is a new survey, however, that shows people would like to see him do some time. Of that survey by the university of Mary Washington found 60 think mcdonnell should have a prison sentence. When asked how long a term, 46 who say he should go to jail suggested he serve one to five years. Mcdonnell and his wife maureen will be sentenced in it january. Clouds hanging around on this rainy monday. Storm team 4 tracking some changes, however. Heading our way. Doug . Yeah. Ill tell you what, guys. Over the next 48 hours, were going to see a lot of changes. Were going to have the fog, the clouds across most of the area right now. Although not everywhere. Next few days, man, were going to see a lot. Take a look right now. Ill show you whats happening. Not much in the way of rain. We saw some rain earlier today, but storm team 4 radar shows that rain has now moved well out of the region and were actually going to be looking at whats going to be a dry night. Still damp in many places but its going to stay dry. The storm system itself heres the rain we saw earlier today. This is the next storm. And look at this line of thunderstorms, tornado watches across parts of the south, tornado warnings. Three tornadoes reported so far. That whole line is moving our way. This is what were going to be expecting. This will be during the day on wednesday. So what do we expect wednesday evening into the overnight . Flooding possible, chance for Power Outages as well as some very strong winds. Were going to talk much more about our Severe Weather threat and what comes not just in the next 24 but next 48 hours as well. Holding out home for Hannah Graham one month after she vanished. The renewed plea from her parents tonight. Legalizing marijuana in the district. Even if voters approve the measure next month, there could be a delay in lighting up. Have you seen the news about Barbara Comstock . First, the Washington Post reported, Barbara Comstock failed to report eightyfive thousand in income. Now, we learn, Barbara Comstock pushed a clients issues in the Virginia Legislature and didnt disclose it. Barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but Barbara Comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. No wonder she hid it. These are newly released pictures of Hannah Graham, the missing uva student from Fairfax County. Her parents gave us these pictures as the search for hannah hit one month today. Jesse matthew is accused of abducting hannah, yet there is still no sign of her. Northern Virginia Bureau chief julie carey returned to charlesville today as hannahs family issued a new statement. Reporter the renewed plea from Hannah Grahams parents today, end this nightmare. That is what search teams desperately want to do, which is why there is no holiday as they follow up on leads in targeted rural areas, taking no breaks in their efforts to find the 189yearold. And no break either in the painful way for hannahs parents. John and susan graham issued a new written statement that reads in part, we truly appreciate the enormous effort thats being made to find hannah. It is heartbreaking for us that the person or persons who know where hannah is have not come forward with that information. It is within their power both to end this nightmare for all and to relieve the searchers of their arduous task. I had a class there last semester. Reporter on the uva campus, this second year student is among a small group that stayed around over fall break. Carolyn chisolm says its troubling to realize a full month has passed since hannah was last seen on the downtown pedestrian mal. A month is a really long time. While it doesnt seem long for us, thats a really long time for her to be gone so its sad. And i think we all want her back. Reporter chisolm and other young women we met today say they have changed their habits since hannah disappeared. They no longer walk alone at night. And they say the arrest of Jesse Matthew for the abduction of Hannah Graham brings slight reassurance. Steps in the right direction. Maybe somehow we can find that be a step closer to her. Reporter at the onemonth mark too, Virginia State Police Continue to investigate a forensic link between matthew and the abduction and death of Morgan Harrington in 2009. Whats more, that case has a dna connection to a 2005 Fairfax County rape. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, youll hear from a man who was involved in the search for Morgan Harrington back in 2009. Why he says both these cases should bring a new sense of resolve to this community. In charlottesville, im julie car carey, news4. It may take longer than expected for marijuana to become legal in the district. Even if voters give it the go ahead next month. Residents will get to vote on election day, a recent nbc marist poll found theyre likely to approve it. But the d. C. Council may put the brakes on legalization, at least for a little while. Councilman david grosso, who is one of the biggest supporters of the legalizing pot, tells the Washington Post, hell introduce legislation to delay the implementation of initiative 71. That so the council can craft regulations that allow for the sale and taxation of pot. Grosso says that could take until late 2015. All right. What is heading our way . We have had a drizzly monday. Yeah. Looks like were not going to break out of it . Its thick out there. I think well break out during the day tomorrow, at least a little bit. But take a look outside right now. This is the current shot weve got across our area. Very dreary across our region during the day on our monday. Looks like its going to stay that way tonight and we have seen areas of drizzle or rather fog, too. Gaithersburg reporting visibility less than a mile towards la ray. Visibility less than a quarter mile. Heads up as your make out and about. 68 degrees, the dew point at 62. Any time the dew point and temperatures are close to one another, thats when you know a. , you can see some rain. But b. , you can see some fog and thats what were seeing across our region right now. Only 63 degrees in gaithersburg, 63 in baltimore. 71 in patuxent river. And west virginia, 76 degrees now. The reason, we have seen more sunshine to the west of the blue ridge. But were still seeing low clouds in that area, as well. Storm team 4 radar on the clear side. Were not going to be worried about much in the way of rain anymore tonight. Will you need the umbrellas . I really dont think so. Could be some areas of drizzle, but again most of the rain is out of here. That was with a little system that moved through earlier. That system now up towards new york. This is the bigger system, though. And this is whats moving our way. Take a look at these thunderstorms toward st. Louis, memphis. A line of storms, numerous severe thunderstorm warnings, even tornado warnings and possible tornadoes that have touched down in that area. That whole system moves our way. Lets talk about the timing of this. Future weather times it out fairly well. Tuesday, 8 00 a. M. Thats tomorrow. Some low clouds, a little in the way of fog there. But showers back to the west of the blue ridge. Thats really about it. And watch what happens just about all day. Just some cloud cover. The showers maintain themselves back towards the west. And theyre going to be few and far between. Were not looking at much in the way of rain tomorrow. Tomorrow may actually end up being a pretty nice day with some sun and much warmer temperatures. Its late on tuesday night into wednesday that we start to see things change. Look at wednesday morning. Start to see the showers moving in around the rest of the area. And then here comes not just the showers, but the rain. Some of it will be heavy at times. Well see a good chance for not only rain but thunderstorm activity too. And were talking about rain that could that could total some pretty good amounts. Veronica johnson live in the storm center now. And vj, talking about the potential for flooding. Not a huge threat here but there is a threat. Yes, there is a threat again for wednesday. Want to keep emphasizing wednesday. This is not for tomorrow. But we could see on that midweek day a handful of flash flood warnings issued. Lets talk about it. The rain is going to really start as doug mentioned, tuesday late into early wednesday morning. So not a lot when we get into things at 9 00 a. M. Wednesday. But for your wednesday evening rush and for thursday morning rush, a lot of rain will be making its way into our area. Anywhere in the blue. Thats an inch. Anywhere in the red or orange, two inches or more could fall. Hagerstown, manassas and fredericksburg and that means for that wednesday evening rush, could see ponding on area roads. Maybe even some trouble getting around. Doug . Yeah, so ill tell you, thats going to be a tough 24 hour period. Tomorrow a little break from this. I think well maybe see some sunshine tomorrow. And if we do, i think we can get up to 80 in manassas. 80 in freg. 79 in leesburg. Much Better Weather during the day tomorrow than we have seen across our region today. Next four days, 75 degrees on our wednesday. 0 chance of storms. 30 chance of just plain rain on thursday, light. Temperatures around 70 degrees. We go to 71 on friday and then get this, wendy and jim, how about a beautiful weekend. All right. Thats what weve got. At least lots of sunshine on saturday and sunday. Well take it. Thank you, doug. Coming up in this weeks cooley report, how effective Robert Griffin iii can be when he comes back to the team. About 22 of all passengers coming from those ebolastricken countries come here through dulles. And this week things change here at dulles. Im adam tuss. Im adam tuss. Well have the story, c enron, the largest coporate fraud in american history. And ed gillespie was their lobbyist. Enron paid gillespie and his firm seven hundred thousand. Dollars to block regulation of the energy markets. So they could raise utility rates. Then got even worse. Thousands lost their jobs and life savings. The former leaders of enron head to prison. Enrons ed gillespie. The Million Dollar lobbyist who put enron ahead of you. Welcome back to news4 at 5 00. Im carol maloney. Joined by former redskins tight end chris cooley for the cooley report. Oh, thank you. Absolutely. 15 is not fun. Not fun at all. Where do we go from here . Its like the spirit of this team is being drained out of everything right now. Very dismal like the weather out here. Where do we go . We focus one game at a time. And we have to focus on tennessee. One game, at a time. Thats the reality of the nfl. You have to forget, and have a new game plan, new life, new everything. Theyre going to be tough and its hard to come to work. But it really truly is one game at a time. Its the attitude and spirit is just i know. 15, cant get worse than 16 and losing to tennessee would be worse. So much worse. Is cousins at best playing to win back his backup job . Like three weeks now until griffin supposedly comes back . This is a really easy decision for gruden and for mcveigh and the entire staff. It was going to be a tough decision if he gets in the hunt for the playoffs, but its not. And you want to get out of this season with a couple ideas. You understand as a team how to win games and what you have with your new staff and who your quarterback is. And i think you have a chance now to see if robert is your quarterback again. If hes healthy, youve got to give him a shot. So the countdown is on. Do you think hes going to be able to come back and be effective . I think a lot of people are holding out hope. Youve got to be creative as a coach and implement your game plan around Robert Griffin iie. You cant see this is what the redskins look like and Robert Griffin iii is going to be that. Robert is not what kirk is. No question about it. Thing is, robert has this different competitiveness that at the end of the game, you think is going to win it for us. Tragedy in oxon hill. A horrific crash claims the lives of five people. Now ten children will be growing up without their mothers. Tonight, family members are talking about this. Things about to change here at Dulles International and as ebola screening starts this week. Im adam tuss live at dulles. The story, coming up. Travel insurance. Flight cancellations or a death in the family. But would you get your money back if you decided not to travel to or near a country affected by ebola . Im Erika Gonzales. Ill have the answer, n tradingin or selling your car, truck or suv . Webuyanycar. Com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. One, get your free online valuation. Two, book an appointment. And three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. Find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com i love bacon so much,his sub. Im launching a line of bacon jewelry. Aw, ive seen those online, buthave you ever seen bacon brows . What was that . I was just putting the finishing touches on my bacondor. Everyone loves bacon at subway. Try it on the chicken bacon ranch melt. Subway. Eat fresh. Hello, everybody, im chief meteorologist, doug kammerer. Taking a look at our storm system making its way, a break here. Its going to be damp and dreary tonight. But tomorrow a much better day, because this line is really taking its time getting here. For them towards the west, a lot of rain, a lot of Severe Weather in and around the memos physician area. Kansas city, the orioles supposed to play tonight. That game postponed to tomorrow night as were still seeing rain around the region. When does it move in towards our area . Take a look at future weather here as we watch this line making its way off towards the east. I think wednesday night, here we are around 6 00, notice the rain, some of it heavy at times. This is what were going to be watching out for. Heavy rain looking likely now. 1 to 2 inches possible. Winds of 20 to 30 miles per hour. Thats before the storms get here. With the storms, gusts upwards of 40 miles per hour, could make for a very nasty wednesday. Well talk much more about wednesday and what to expect for the rest warm front being coming up in a minute. The latest on how ebola is impacting our area now, especially those traveling in and out of washington. We have a new look at the new routine many passengers will have to get used to at Dulles International airport. Our Team Coverage continues now with consumer reporter Erika Gonzales with advice for anyone concerned about travel plans. But first, transportation reporter adam tuss live at dulles with the changes coming there. Adam . Reporter hey, jim. The news here is that advanced ebola screenings start this thursday here at dulles. Meanwhile, in london, at heathrow airport, the worlds Busiest International airport, advanced screenings start tomorrow, and yes, this could become the new normal at the airports. The enemy here is a virus. Ebola. Its not a person, its not a country, its not a place, its not a hospital. Its a virus. Reporter cdc director tom freedomen reminding all of us why this is such a tough battle and this is the next line of defense. Noncontact thermometers like this one we picked up today which will be pointed at passengers arriving from west africa where ebola is raging. You have to start somewhere. Reporter robin is on her way back today. A nurse by trade, believes what this all really comes down to is people telling the truth. We really have to start with individuals being honest about what contact they have had, if they have come from the west africa region. And i dont think that temperature checks is going to stop it all. Reporter temperature checks started this past weekend at new yorks jfk, in addition to dulles this week, chicago ohare, Atlanta Hartsfield jackson and newark also will start temperature checks. Jennifer travels for business all of the time and hopes the increased measures will work. If its for the greater good, there is very little that i know. I dont have a biology degree, im not a medical doctor, i dont know, so i do have to trust in people making the decisions for us. Reporter and back here now live at Dulles International airport. Coming up next hour at 6 00, were going to give a closer look at how these noncontact thermometers work. What potential challenges there could be with them and how long it will take to get that temperature reading. Reporting live at dulles, adam tuss, news 4. Our Team Coverage conditions with Erika Gonzales with more on how the Ebola Outbreak is changing the way they think about international travel. A breakdown on whats covered and whats not when it comes to travel insurance. When you think of travel insurance, youre thinking of unforeseen events, whether your flight was cancelled or there is a death in the family. How does the Ebola Outbreak factor into that coverage . We called the u. S. Travel Insurance Association to get some clarification on this. The ustia says if you purchase travel insurance for an upcoming trip, most Companies Offer whats called a comprehensive plan. That means that youre covered if your flight is cancelled. And for unseen events like a death in the family. It also includes bad weather and emergency medical care. That being said, most policies will not let you cancel out of fear. Say if you are traveling to or near an ebola affected country. Now some companies, some of them will let you cancel a trip if the government has issued a travel warning for that country. As it has for countries li like liberia and guinea. One way to get guaranteed coverage, add a cancel for any reason option to your trip insurance. It lets you do just that. You can cancel for any reason at all. The bottom line here, the travel Insurance Association says check with the individual Company Policies and coverage varies. So its really important, folks, to check and make sure that you are getting the coverage that you want. All right. Very good to know, erika. Thanks so much. Absolutely, thank you guys. New numbers out tonight show more than two dozen people have died because General Motors defective ignition switch. The car says 178 death claims have now been made since august. Of that number, the families of 27 victims are eligible for compensation payments. Gm will also pay out 25 people who have been seriously hurt in crashes. The company will accept claims until december 31st. More than 400 million has been set aside now to cover the costs. Right now, a woodbridge mother is charged with felony child neglect. Police tell us rachel brand was caught driving drunk saturday with her 3yearold daughter in the back seat. Brands vehicle had damage to the side and the air bags had deployed. An officer also reportedly saw brand run into a construction barrel. The child wasnt injured. Virginia state police are investigating brand in connection with a hit and run accident on i95, the same day. There are new details about a woman who was found dead in a parking lot in maryland. Police believe her husband deliberately ran over her. Several times. Jennifer weyhenmeyer was discovered about 8 00 last night behind a strip mall on crane highway in waldorf. Police say she had argued with her husband moments before. They went to the couples home in waldorf and took him into custody. Investigators say the car in the driveway had evidence that matched evidence at the scene. Take a good look at the women in these photos. Her name isca tina gerstein. Police are concerned she may need help. Were told she was last seen leaving her home along park view drive in manassas. Yesterday evening. Heading back to class to make a difference in their childrens lives. The lesson these men are passing on to students in Prince Georges County. Parents are underway after an accident. Five people were killed in this accident. Coming up on news4 at 5 00, we speak with one of the family members of someone who was in the striking vehicle. A special start to the school weeks in Prince Georges County today. More than 100 fathers attended class with their kids today. Its called men make a difference today. Zack kiesch has more from william beans ementary. My mother taught me a lot. My father was around but wasnt with us. Reporter for some men like Antonio Evans today was an opportunity to deviate from a child he remembers. So instead of using a day off to sleep in, he goes to school. Anthony is 7 in the second grade. Tamara. Im 6 and im in first grade. Reporter men make a difference day happens once a year in Prince Georges County public schools. Here at william beans elementary, it was a hit. 150 men showed up today for cooking, life skills, fitness classes and conversations about money. But mostly just to hang out with their kids. Yeah. Are you sure. Uhhuh. This drill has to do with allowance allocation. How do you spend your money after you receive your paycheck. Reporter joe drops off and picks up his son every day, but its rare they get a chance to do this. When he looks back on life, yeah, dad was there for me. Reporter both joe and anthony say its a team effort at home with mom oftentimes taking the lead, and thats why educators have singled out the men. They often have a different approach to problem solving for children and they do need that balance. Yes. Very important to be here. Reporter there were a few secrets, but even more smiles. Men, uncles, grandfathers, mentors, not all were fathers. But all were present. And thats a win. Reporting in Prince Georges County, zachary kiesch, news4. Heart break in oxon hill. A tragic car crash claims the lives of five people, and another is still clinging to life. And Severe Weather affecting parts of the country tonight. Storm team 4 tracking the system thats now headed our way. Were coming right back. Have you seen the news about Barbara Comstock . First, the Washington Post reported, Barbara Comstock failed to report eightyfive thousand in income. Now, we learn, Barbara Comstock pushed a clients issues in the Virginia Legislature and didnt disclose it. Barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but Barbara Comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. No wonder she hid it. Yet, there they sit on thest hasides of our heads. S. For the world to see. But what happens when they stop hearing . Should we stop doing . Should we stop living . Not today. Esteem. The hearing implant. Two local families are devastated, trying to come to grips with what happened on friday night. A car crash in oxon hill killed five people, among them two mothers, two children. And a woman whose family is now demanding answers. Prince georges county bureau chief, tracee wilkins, live in oxon hill. You spoke to family members today. Reporter absolutely. That woman was in the mercedes. The striking vehicle in this accident. The family does not know who was driving the car, but they want answers. You never think that it would be this close to home, that you actually reporter dominique greens family filed a missing persons report sunday evening. Hours later, they found out the 21yearold was one of the victims of fridays deadly crash, just down the street from her home. I think about 8 00 last night, they knocked on our door. And said it was her. Because they found her i. D. And they matched her tattoos. Reporter green was a passenger in the mercedes that police say sped through a red light, striking an acura, and striking several people, as well as green. She shouldnt have been hurt. And i feel sorry for the other victims. Reporter Tameika Curtis and Tiffany Wilkerson were in the acura. They were both killed in the crash. Today the families are planning their funerals. Last night, their children were taken to a playground to distract from the tragic loss. Wee reporter 32yearold Tiffany Wilkerson leaves behind two toddlers. Tameika curtis had eight kids, the youngest 6 weeks. The oldest, two teenagers. Lloyd hardy is the father of the teens. You have those moments like my daughters you know, jazzy says she didnt want to look in the mirror because she looks so much like her mom. Reporter the aunt driving the acura is in grave condition. Her 1yearold boy and teenage daughter were killed in the crash. The driver of the mercedes and another passenger survived, but were also critically injured. Greens family doesnt know the name of the driver of the mercedes. And they want answers too. As a horrible, horrible thing to witness on tv. To see that all those people that lost their lives. Reporter coming up on news4 at 6 00, in addition to the family members wanting to know who was behind that, we have a message for him, as well. He is still in Critical Condition in the hospital. Prince georges county police are continuing to investigate this accident. Theyre saying they do believe that rain and also speed played a part in all of this. But because its under investigation, there is no talk of any possible charges yet. Reporting live in oxon hill, tracee wilkins, news4. Just an awful time there. Tracee, thank you. Right now, cleanup under way in southwest arkansas, where a powerful line of storms left behind a trail of destruction. We have learned that the storms killed a man who is a marine and a father of three. His wife is in the icu. Weather channel meteorologist mike seidel is in ash down, arkans , reporter a line of severe thunderstorms rolled through southwest arkansas before sunrise this morning. Were in Little River County in the town of ashtown, just outside the town. And this is where we had ef2 damage on the enhanced fujita scale, putting winds at 135 miles per hour. Behind me you can see damage as the cleanup continues on what is now a breezy and cooler and more stable day here in arkansas. They have been cleaning up the corrugated aluminum, and across the street, a double wide was completely wiped off the foundation, and there was one death there. A family of five, a father and mother, blown into the field. He did not survive. She is in icu at a nearby hospital. The three kids got by with bumps and bruises. They are now out of the hospital and with their grandparents. The storms that rolled through here are now heading east towards nashville. Overnight towards birmingham and atlanta, tornado watches remain up and Severe Weather and weather that could cause more destruction like this is still a big concern right on through tuesday, all the way into the southeast. Im Weather Channel meteorologist mike seidel in ashtown, arkansas. Now back to you. Well, and that same system some of its power is going to be depleted, but its still heading our way, right, doug . Yeah, it is headed our way and will be here wednesday. And thats really the thing. Right now its affecting portions back towards the mississippi river, and its going to take almost 48 hours for it to finally move into our area. Its a very slowmoving storm. You can actually see the area of low pressure spinning right around kansas city. Thats why the orioles game has been postponed tonight. Happening out there towards kansas city. You can see the rain just sitting on top of that. Then you look at this very long line of thunderstorms. And, again, these are very strong and severe storms with tornadoes, potentially. We had tornado watches up and down this area. And that whole system will move our way. But its going to take its time getting there. Before that, right now were just dealing with cloud cover. Look at our reston camera, live. Fog across our region. We are going to continue to see that fog tonight. Fog around the d. C. Metro area too, with a temperature of 68. Dropping to around 61 by 9 00. 59 by 11 00. Heads up for the fog. The biggest case. Im not worried about rain at all tonight. Storm team 4 radar is dry, but your impact this evening, damp roads, 65 degrees. Were going to be seeing fog through the evening hours. 63 degrees at 11 00. I do think it will be a little bit better early tomorrow morning as the winds will begin to increase ahead of our storm system. Tomorrow, starting off with some clouds, some light areas of fog, but the showers remain back towards the west tomorrow. Pretty much all day. I think for most of us tomorrow will be a dry afternoon. But then watch what happens early on wednesday morning. We start to see the showers and even the storms making their way towards our western viewing area. And then by late in the day on wednesday, here come the storms, and, again, this line of storms could produce not just very heavy rain, but the potential is there for 30 to even 40mileanhour winds. So thats something well continue to watch here in the storm system. A high of 75 on wednesday after tomorrows high of 79. Then 70 behind this system on thursday. Good chance of some shower activity on thursday. But not a washout. Friday, a high of 75. And right now the weekend looking much better. One of the nicer weekends we have seen. High temperatures near 74 on saturday. The average cell phone bill in the u. S. Is 71 bucks. But now a new Study Reveals a big chunk of that goes to taxes and fees. If you live in virginia, youre paying about 12 in combined federal, state and local taxes and fees. Maryland, that number is up to 18 . In the districts, 17 . So if youre doing the math, wireless customers end up paying rates about twice as much as the average sales tax on other goods and service. Drivers are finding some good news every time they fill up the price of gas keeps falling. The National Average for a gallon of regular is 3. 20. But in virginia the average is just 3. 02. West virginia, 3. 34. And the district averages 3. 45. Cnbc reports gas prices are expected to stay low for the near future, at least. Thats because supplies are high and demand is flat. A High School Football scandal is rocking a small town, and students head back to class today for the First Time Since seven classmates were arrested. Hundreds of drivers still not getting the message on when its okay to pass a school bus. Im Mark Segraves, and ill have that story coming up. Look at now at whats trending online. This is sonny forest, he loves the eagles and to entertain as they head into the stadium. Last night an apparently tipsy fan got too aggressive. Police say after hopping on his lap, she walked off with his prosthetic leg from the back of his scooter. He got it back a few hours later. He says he hopes she does not face charges. Theyre supposed to disappear once someone views them. But hackers managed to steal a trove of photos from snap chattim the same hackers behind the leak of nude photos. Many photos posted online show compromising images of teenagers. Snap chat says thirdparty apps are to blame for this security lapse. And in news4 your health, a breakthrough in alzheimers research. For the first time scientists have replicated the disease in human brain cells growing in a petri dish. That means they can now watch how alzheimers progresses in humans. Access to the cells will allow scientists to quickly and inexpensively test new drugs that could slow the progression or even prevent the disease. Now to a hazing scandal putting a town in new jersey in the National Spotlight for all of the wrong reasons. Kids went back to class today for the First Time Since seven of the schools Football Players were arrested. Sheldon dutez has the story from sayreville, new jersey. Reporter students at Sayreville High School filed into class this morning, several of their schoolmates were noticeably absent. Seven members of the schools Football Team were suspended and facing serious criminal sex charges for allegedly hazing younger teammates. District superintendent Richard Labbe appeared on the today show, promising to find out if Staff Members were aware of wrongdoing. We have launched a holistic harassment intimidation, bullying investigation. We started it last monday on our entire athletic program, as well as all of our extracurricular activities. Were first and foremost focusing on the level of supervision. Reporter these bleachers will remain empty friday night. Dr. Labbe cancelled the remain of the 2014 football season, despite parents vocal objection. The superintendent also addressed concerns on today. We look at these events and the parent reaction. I understand the concern of the parents, because theyre looking out for their children. But when you look at the sayreville community, that reaction is not reflective of the entire community. Reporter sunday evening, hundreds of parents, students and residents gathered for a vigil to start the communitys healing process. I want to praise the young men who did speak up. It takes a lot of guts and courage. Hopefully time will heal all wounds, and we can move on. And go back to being the sayreville that i always knew it was and still is. Reporter and the seven Football Players implicated in the hazing scandal are waiting to see a judge. Because theyre minors, their names have not been released. And district Officials Say if any other students are charged, that would be the prosecutors decision. In sayreville, new jersey, im sheldon dutez, news4. Prosecutors say these charges relate to freshmen who claim older players held them down and assaulted them. Along with the football season, the school has also cancelled homecoming. Right now, new developments in the ebola crisis. A nurse in texas infected with that deadly virus has just been identified. Meanwhile, fear is spreading. Five people taken off a flight at Logan Airport in boston late today. They were taken to a hospital in isolation suits. And tonight were awaiting word from a local hospital treating a patient who got sick after traveling to an affected area of west africa. All of this comes as president obama met with senior members of his Public Health and National Security team for an update of a governments response to this disease. We have Team Coverage tonight as america responds, but first the latest on that sick patient in our area. There is no definitive word just yet from Holy Cross Hospital in germantown about a patient taken there earlier today. News4 has learned an ambulance took the patient to the hospital late this morning. The person was sick and apparently mentioned recent travel overseas. That combination prompted emergency crews to it take extra precautions. The hospital tells us they are following protocols. But will not say anything more at this time. In the meantime, president obama wants answers about their case in dallas. Pat lawson muse at our live desk with more on that. Pat . Jim, there is a call to speed up the investigation into how nina pham was infected with ebola virus. Today the president asked the centers for Disease Control to move as quickly as possible to figure this out. Pham has been a nurse since graduating college at